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temper a nee Department CONDUCTED BY Til* LADIES OF THE W. C. T. V. COL. H. J. GAGE, Kdftior. WHAT IT COSTS. An old bachelor of Macon Ga., a meth odical gentleman, who kept an account ol his daily expenses for many years, makes a fearful exhibit for a balance sheet. Foi eight >cars he had drank r>n -**"?" - ? about u quart of wtmkcy a day ? most ot this at 10 to 25cts. a drink, the whiskey costing him at least 82,000 lie had paid at a hotel as much as four dollars a day for whiskey. Two years ago ho stopped drinking, but continued to smoke and up to the time he said that '*ho lot up ou whiskey ho found that he had smoked up 4001bs tobacco?about a pound a week and often 4oz a day. ThcdOOlbs tobacco cost him at least 8300 fvr 8 years; but this was not the only expense; it led to many other iudolgctrcies and the contracting of bad habits not ouly expensive but degrading. How much good could this money have done if expeuded for food and clothing'for the poor whom wo aU Ways bnvo with us. From a financial standpoint how much better it would have been for this systematic old bachelor to inn mnnojr in soma uiaoulaoturing onterpritc that would give employment to others and add to the cumulative wealth of this country. The thousands spent annually in whiskey and tobacco would run thousands ?f ,nnr?rl!..nr nl.r giving employment to the poor, opening new channels ofindustry, doing away with, in a great degree, the necessity for jails, poor houses and pcnilentiariaries. HARD .TIMES The times are very hard?money is scarce, and provisions high?I don't see how the people can stand it, "is a remark we often hear. Still we 6nd many persons who can afford to take three or four drinks a day or smoke three or four segars and we don't understand it. Four drinks a day 40 cents. Six days in the week ? taking for granted that the saloon is closed on Sunday?make S'2.40. Now suppose the money had been applied thus : 81bs bacon at 15c?45cts, 1 peck meal 30cts..75c. He would have had iu his pocket $1.65. Would uot the bacon anu the meal have done him more good?given him more real satisfaction than the whiskey? No man can keep an account of the money spent in unnecessary indulgcncies without being startled by the result. Money worse than lost ?because it eirsloees l*im and unfit* Kim for the proper performance of the duties of life. The amount squandered in liquor would bring ease and comfort to many a poor family, to say nothing of the peace and quiet that w'ould flow along with it. "A HINT IS AS GOOD AS A KNOCK-DOWN TO A BLIND HOBSE." In the Revised Statutes of South (Carolina, page ,413, occurs the following passage: "See. 14 Every vender or retailer of spirituous liquors, who shall clandestinely, or behind, or within any screen, booth, or other place of concealment, exchange, give, deliver, sell or retail any spirituous liquors, shall, upon conviction, be lined in a sum not less than fifty dollars, nor more than two hundred dollars, according to the discretion of the presiding Judge." This law still stands ou the statute book; but is it a terror to evil doers, or enforced by the constituted authorities? There is an old saying that"what is everybody's business is nobody's business;" but it now and then happens that public abuses make such revolutions in public opiuion that swift punishment will come. Do the saloon keepers realize the fact that they make themselves liable to a flue of at least $50 for every drink sold or given away behind a screen ? Wo would like to know whj theso screens arc put up, anyhow. We ast for information. Is there anything wrong going on behind them? anything of whicl the saloon keeper may fc I ashamed or tin old or young man who slips behind them s< quietly? Wc do not see any screens iu t hi dry goods, grocery or drug stores?theiyc has a full sweep clear through, and there ii nothing revolting to the taste. There uiusi be something wrong in those screens?some tbiner behind ihrm n- cn,n?L^<> K?k;n?1 them who does not want to ho seen. W< insist upon their removal to gratify a laud able curiosity, and to place those atniubU caterers for dangerous indigencies righi before the public. If grass will not '*o, i may be necessary to try the rest of th< sentence. VEK1S SAE WILL IT PAY 1 In this utilitarian country, about the firs question which suggests itself when toj project is proposed is, will it pay? Th< money value seems to be the only truestan durd. Does the licensing of dram shop! saloons as they are now aesthetically eallct ?pay ? WW 1/ U'? iiui III^IIII III III'II <11 nuinu, i?'i www take it tliat no man in his senses would fui a moment think of such a paradox as that but do they pay in a financial sense ? thai is the question, and it is well worth studying Citizens advocate the keeping open drau shops because the money is needed tc del raj the expenses of the town. It is a pennj wise and pound foolish policy which propa gates and a policy that toids to demoralize and degrade society. It is robbing Peter ti pay Paul, to levy a tax upon any system which will most assuredly pile up a uiucf heavier tax upon the pockets as well as tlx morals of society. I The N. Y. Tribune, in discussing tho : dram shops of that great Bedlam, says that 4.170 liccuscs to so called hotels have been granted by the Excise Board while the total number of places where strong driuk is sold : is twice as great. The Tombs is crowded full, and brimming over with persons await ing trial. The criminal courts aro ovcr^ whelmed with business. The institutions 1 on Black well's Island is overtaxed; woek after week gangs of men and wouikd go to ! Sing Sing and Auburn. The uuuiber of murders and crimes of violence is appallingly largo ; a Sunday without a murder is a tare thing, while almost every d ty of the week is marked by some shooting or stal bing affray. The loudest apologist for liquor drinking would not deuy but tha', the most of this sickening array of Crime is chargeable to the liquor traffic, either directly or indirectly. This is a fearful picture : but do we not find the same state of things in a lesser degree everywhere that liquor is sold ? iVhat bri igs on brawls and fisticuffs to feed our Trlnl n ? -w uoi.to vuuris, out \vui8Key r U nnt taxes the county with trials in the Courts of Justico of murders and nil sorts of outrages, but whiskey ? What fills our jails with criipiuaU..-*vu# with paupers and many a happy home with sorrow and ruiu of body and soul, but whiskey ? and yet people who are called sensible and good. It is claimed by the advocates of license that the tax is necessary to pay inuuic.pal expenses aud it lightens the other taxes; iu other words, that a higher tax would be necessary if tho saloons were closed. Will not every candid niau admit that nearly all the brawls, quarrels, disturbances aud pitiful lawsuits originate in liquor? Look at the tax upon the county at every court for jurors and constables, the fees of lawyers, of magistrates and other officials, besides the waste of time in trying pitiful cases. How many persons are called away from their homes, to the neglect of their legitimate business, to hang about a Court room as a v\ iiuusa, juiur ur ut'icuuiiui ill suuiu uuac : Look at the nulla bona costs footed up against the county every year by public officials. Tbiuk of tho time lost, which ought to have been used to make bread for tho hungry. Calculate the money spent by the hangers-on about liquor saloons, which, if spent for provisions, would suppressthc cryof "Hard Times" that we so often hear, and no one can doubt but a large balance would be tooted jp in favor of tern, perance. The Woe ok it.?He, alone, whose cars are open to the liou's roar and the raven's cry. can catch the numberless accents of that wail of iucurable anguish and uncontrollable despair which has streamed upward for generations, till the vault of heaven has bee ?uio "one vast whispi?rii?yi?-n*ll??ry l? proloog and reverberato the groans of those who have slain their own peace by this voluntary imprisonment." He, alone, by wboui the hairs of our head arc all numbered, can count the widows who are widows because of driuk ; the uiad men who are mad because of it.; the gray heads that it has made gray ; the sad hearts that it has crushed with sadness; the ruined families it has ruiued; the brilliant uiinds which it hasqueuchcd^the unfolding promise which it has cankered ; the bright aud happy hoys aud girls whom it has blasted into shame and misery ; theyouug and the gifted which it has hurried along into dishonored aud nameless graves.? Canon Far 1 A Drunken Father arose from hi* ' sleep one day, after he had been drinking, I and saw hi* little daughter preparing food, 1 and turning to her with a lone almost tenI der, he said, "Millie, what makes you stay 1 with me ?" "Because you are my father, 2 and I love you," said the child. ' You love 2 me !" answered the wretched father. Mil 2 lie, what makes you love me? I am only a ! miserable drunkard Everybody .lse des4 pi*es uie. Why don't you?" ' Dear falht er," said Millie, her eyes filled with tears. "My mother taught me to love you, and ' every night it seeuis, in my dream*, us 5 though she stood by my little bed aud said, "Millie, don't leave your poor father; he } will get over the power ol drink some day, 1 and then how happy you will be!" His 1 poor heart eould nut stand against such love 2 as this. Taking her into his arms, and weeping like a child, from that day he be* Came a temperate man.? W. II. A. t f License at the Bar of God.?Yes, % said John Pierppnt, you have a license, and . that i9 your plea; I adjure you to keep it; 9 lock it among your choicest jewels ; guard \ it as the apple of your eye; and when you die and are laid out in your Coffin, be sure that % the precious document is placed between r your clammy fingers, so that when you are . calied upon to confront your victims before t God. you may be ready to file your plea of justification and boldly lay down your li, cense on the bar of the Judge. Yes, my t friend, keep it ; you will then want your liI cense, signed by the county commissioners . and indorsed by the selectmen. It is Written?At the last it bitcth like a scrpi nr, and stingeth like an adder. ? Solomon. 1 > No drunkard ehull inherit the Kingdom of God ?Paul\ - - i 4-j - ? ? - j-'Aisiikkable Meals.?It is impossible to estimate properly the immense influcnco which is exerted upon a household by the atmosphere of the family tabic. If it is true that oue does not come out of a room the 8auio person he went in, the mind ever after retailing the impress of what affected it thero, and what great results must be achieved from the meeting in the dining-room, from the conversation indulged in and the sentiments'habitually expressed there. A neat, well covered table is in itself a lesson to the children. I have noticed that a sensitive child almost invariably has better manners when dressed in his best, and have seen with sur" prise the effect produced upon a certain small boy of my acquaintance by handsomely dressed ladies who are polite to him. To the inviting table, where there should always j be something attractive, however simplo the I meal may be, most children will come prepaicd to behave properly. It is really worth while, and, when philosophically considered, is a matter of great imporlnece. to lay aside a" far as possible all thoughts of hard work done before or to bo d me after the inoal and to allow no vexatious questions to be d's! cussed at this time. The habit of brooding gnrngnu over 'u til ???* ? studiously avoided. There is nothing takes from one's energy more than this, and it is a frequent cause of insanity. Everybody knows that food digests bettor when in agreeable company. It was some* thing more than pleasantry which made a friend remark that he could not have his wife and child pass the summer vacation away from hiui, asitgavc him the dyspepsia. The poor child who comes to grief t c table, aud is scat away ftoui it with his dinner half eaten, And who suffers the whole afternoon kith an undigested lump of food in lis stomach, is to be pitied, and it is a wjse plan to explain to children that in thii way they will be punished IV bad condict at the table. It follows, tbcu, that\pleasaot surprises in the way of preparing fu\orite dishes, that good taste and puinstukiojsKn WWanging al' the appointments of a table and diuingroom rise above a mere ministering to the aniuial existence, and affect the Out issues of life. Good behavior and cheerfulness ought to accompany each meal as'naturally ^nd unwaveringly us bread and butter.? The happy laughur which distributes nervous force, mid pulls the hfin l Prom ihe brain, allowing the stouiach togetpts share, should be heard more frequently at pur tables. No one should feci at lpcrty to say one word that is not kiud and thought- : ful. any uiorc than he would go Without a sufficient quantity of food. TJeso facts need moic careful consideration/than they have usually received.?HouscIatci>er. The Oittoinai< Home of tiie House.? There is no doubt that the origin i! home of the horse is not Europe, but Central Asia; for since the horse iu its natural state depends upon grass for its nourishment and ilcctncss for its weapon, it could ?>t in the beginning have thriven uudoiultipied in the thick forest-grown territory of luropc ? Much rather should its place of propagation be sought in those steppes where it still roams about iu a wild stal<. Here, too, arose 'be first nations of rider1 of which we have historic knowledge?tin Mongolians and the Turks?whose existence even at this day is. as it were, combined with that of the horse. From these regions the horse spread in all directions, especially into the steppes of Southern and Sou ibeast em ll'.issia and into Thrace, until it finally found entraucc into the other parts of Europe, but not until after iliu hrtUiigi?*i?Ju of the people. This assumption is, at least, strongly favored by the fact that the fajiher i district of Europe is from those isiatic steppes, t e.t from the original home if the horse, the Inter does the tamed hors?i seem to have made its historic appearance in it. The supposition is further confirm d by the fact that horse raising aun.ng luiost every tribe appears as an art derived! from neighboring tribes in the cast or norlieast Even it llomer the ox appears exclusively as the draught animal 'id land operuiiins at home and in the field, while the horse was used for purposes of war only. Its eiiploy. moot in military operations was d ;tcru lied by swiftness alone. Thut the value of the horse must originally have dependei on its fleetness con easily be inferred froxf the name which is repeated in all the finches of the Indo European language, urfd signifies ' hosten'ng," ''quick." Tlit same fact ig exemplified by the description of the oldest poets, who, next to its courage, speak most of its swifmoss. Rum Did It.?"I'll bet I make him break it in a week," said n Troy youthi when he saw a comuanion, urged by his be rotlied. tako the pledge at a publio torn r,??, Tii. ..rr? r..i i <i ii uiitci iii^! a ' * c tiinib nnr ru'tcni'lUl, and when the young man came to his senses ho was so much mortifiod that ho went upon n spree, which eided with death in a few days. Rum did it! And ruin was licensed to do it. The deacon's wife wanted to jot down the text, and leaning over to her scapegrace nephew she whispered. 'IIuv* hava you card about you ? ,lVou can't play in church" was his solemn reproving answer, and the good woman was so flustered she forgot the PROSPECTUS FOR 1882. GODEY'S LADY'S BOOK. FIFTY-SECOND YEAR ACOMPLETE NOVELIN EVERY NUMBER. * V' The pronounced success of this femurs in 1881 has determined the publisher^ to continue the same plan for 1882. These Novelettes will be wrtiten exclusively for the Lady's Book, and will be frotn the pens of our best magazine authors. 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To lie People of Unioa I I :o: IT IS MY WISH TO GREATLY ENLARGE AND OTHERWISE MUCH IMPROVE A1XU U1XAU11 J. lilies ] AND W AKE IT EQUAL TO ANY PAPER IN THE STATE, BUT IT WILL REQUIRE More Subscribers Than it Now Has. i i :o: WIIjIJ NOT I SOME ONE AT EACH POST OFFICE INTEREST HIMSELF OK HEItSELF TO INCREASE TIIE LIST. IT OUGHT TO HAVE Double its Present List ?IN ? Each Township. :o: i 1 To Induce an Effort, I offer the > ) Paper upon the Following > ? 1 TERMS : ? i n i . , h nn I X , JL , v ^ w 5 Copies, 1 yefcr : : : 8 75 10 Copies, 1 year : : 15 00 To the getter-up of a club o* 5, with the cash fori year, I will end a copy of the American ' Farmer or American Agriculturist for one year, extra. 8 For a club of 10, with the cash for 1 yeai, I will send a copy of '1- T LI1U IjAin S UUUIW UI mi J uiuui 9 Magazine and one of the'above Agricultural journals. WHO ARE THE FRIEND8 OF ' THE TIMES ? ? R. M. Stokes. COLUMPIA AND QREENVILLB 1 RAILROAD, tl PAB8EN0EB DEPABTMENT. - 4 Colombia, 3. C., Ma/ 18ih, 188. . I rr ? ? On and after Mnndny, May 19th. 188, Trs- ^ scnger Trains will run as herewith indicated 1 upon this Road and its branches. DAILY, EXCEPT SUNDAYS. i No. 52 UP PASSENGER. 1 Leave Columbia A 11.42 a. m Leave Alston 12.41 p. in Leave Newberry 1.16 p. m Leave Ninety-Six 8.24 p. m Leave Hodges 4.18 p. ra Leave Belton 5.40 p. m Arrive at Oreenvillc 7.05 p. ui No. 53 DOWN PASSENGER. Leave Greenville at 10.25 a m Leave Helton 11 53 a m Leave Hodges 1.17 p m Leave Ninety-Six 2.88 p m , Leave Newberry 8.65 p m Leave Alston 6 01 p m Arrive at Columbia F C.02 p m SPARTANEURQ, UNION A COLUMBIA R. R. . No. 52 Up Passrnokr. Leaves Alston, 12 54 p tit ?t Strothers ...,^w??irr.-:-i , .fiftiesv(Tie. * 5M P Arrive at Spartanburg E 4 15pm j No. 63 Down Passknokr. 1 Leave Spartanburg. R. A D. Depot H. . ..100pm Spartanburg, S. U. \ C. Depot. O... 1 33 p m Jonesville '<& <"> P m Union 2 54 p m Santuc 3 20 p m I Sheltnn 3 55 pm Strothers 4 18 p m Arrives at Alston 4 53 p m LAURENS RAILROAD. Leave Newberry 4.05 p m Arrive at Laurens C. 11 0.40 p m Leave Laurens C. II 10.03 a ra Arrive at Newberry 12.50 p ui ABBEVILLE BRANCH. Leave Hodges 1.30 pm Arrive at Abbeville 2.23 p m Leave Abbeville 12.10 p m Arrive at Hodges 1.05 p m BLUE RIDGE RAILROAD and ANDERSON ItRANClI Leave Belton 5.40 p m Leave Anderson b.20 p m Leave Pendleton G ?"?(> p n> Leave Seneca C 7.3G p ni Arrive ai Walhalla 7.69 p ni Leave Walhalla 9.30 a m Leave Seneca I) . lo.oo- am Leave Pendleton 10.33 n in [.eave Anderson 11.II am Arrive at Belton 11.50 am I IIUOUGII CAR SERVICE. Solid trains between Columbia ami Walhalla Tilt ougli cars bet ween Charleston nnd lleudersonvillc and Charleston and Greenville, obviating change of ears between either of the above points. CONNECTIONS. A. With the South Carolina Railroad from Charleston. With Ws mington, Columbia nnd Augusta Railroad from Wilmington and all points North thereof. Willi Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta Railroad from Charlotte and all points North thereof II. with Astieville and Spartanburg Railroad for points in Western North Carolina. (J- With A. nudC. L>iv . R. and I). R. R., from all tioints South and West. I). With A. nnd ? Div., R. and l>. R. R.from Atlanta nnd eyoiid. E. With A and C. l)iv.t 11. and D. R. II. flora all points South nnd West P Will. C? I!-- .v ...... v iiimuni uniiioau for Charkrifon. With Wilmington, Columbia and Augusta Knilroad fur W ilmingion and ibo NVrth, Wiih Chnrlolie, ? olumbin and Augusta Railr?ii ?nd the North. .r MA"lKvi,le nn(l Spartanburg Rail, roiiil from Hen<t?>raonville. , " ..V . A R"V'- Di* . R. and D. R. R.. from Chnrlolie and ' Standard Time used is I<% Which is fifteen minutes faster t " T. M. R. TALCOTT, (leneral manager. ' J. W. FRY. Superintendent. A. Popk, General Pussenger Ag'ut. April 16 14 If THE SEDGWICK Steel Wire Fence. rnilE above cut represents a section and Oate v JL of a strong, cheap and durable Steel Wire Fence which is now being used at the North and Northwest in preference to any other kind of fencing. Wherover it has been tried it has given great satisfaction. It is a net work without barhs and will keep out small pigs or any other animal, that may injure gardens or fariu crops. It makes no shade and shelters no enemies to crops or poultry h is just the fence for Gardens, Lots, I.awns. Parks and Cemeteries. Being dipped in Rust proof paint it will last a life lime, and is better than board fence in every respect. It is easily and quiokly put up. A Specimen of Fence and Gate Can be seen at the Union Times Office, where all information as to price, &o., can he obtained.. R. M. & 8. 8. 8T0KKS, Sols Agents for Union County July 29 29 if ONION COUNTY REAL ESTATE AGENCY rnilE subscribers have established an Agency X at Union Court House for the purchase anil Sale of all Win'ls of Ileal Estate in Union County. and offer their services to parties nnving l.nnds. Town Lots, or any other kind of Ileal Estate for Sale, or who may w sh to purchase such ptoperty in Union County. Our terms will be reasonable, and persons placing their property in our hands for sale will be oharged nothing unless a sale is made < Every effort will be use I, by advertising and personal correspondence, to make sales. Titles examined and Deeds properly drawn I Orrtcr. in Jeter's building on Main Street. R. M. 8TOKK8, 8. 8. STOKES. Jan 14 1 tf Olel Pnpore for Sole, 1^1 -QUIRE at this oflioe.